Overview
- The series capped its run on December 31 with a feature-length final episode released on Netflix and in more than 500 North American theaters.
- A viral “Conformity Gate” theory and rumors of a secret ninth episode on January 7 are circulating on social media, but no additional episode has been announced.
- A Change.org petition calling for a reworked or “real” ending has attracted roughly 300,000 to 389,000 signatures.
- Cast member Sadie Sink shared her personal reading of the ending on The Tonight Show, underscoring how viewers remain split on what the finale means.
- Netflix dated One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 for January 12 as the Duffer brothers emphasize the intentionally open ending and move ahead with an animated Tales From ’85 and a separate live-action spinoff.